Vishya, Viṣya: 7 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Viṣya can be transliterated into English as Visya or Vishya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryViṣya (विष्य).—a. Deserving death by poison.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryViṣya (विष्य).—mfn.
(-ṣyaḥ-ṣyā-ṣyaṃ) Deserving death by poison. E. viṣa venom, yat aff.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryViṣya (विष्य).—i. e. viṣa + ya, adj. Deserving death by poison.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryViśya (विश्य).—[adjective] forming or belonging to a community; [masculine] a man of the third caste.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Viśya (विश्य):—[from viś] mfn. forming or belonging to a community etc., [Ṛg-veda]
2) [v.s. ...] m. a man of the people or of the third caste, [Atharva-veda; Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā]
3) Viṣya (विष्य):—[from viṣ] a mfn. worthy of poison, deserving death by poison, [Pāṇini 4-4, 91.]
4) b See p. 996, col. 2.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryViṣya (विष्य):—[(ṣyaḥ-ṣyā-ṣyaṃ) a.] Deserving death by poison.
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Starts with: Vishyand, Vishyanda, Vishyandaka, Vishyandamana, Vishyandana, Vishyandin, Vishyanna, Vishyantar, Vishyanukramanika, Vishyaparna, Vishyasakt.
Ends with: Ahavishya, Anupravishya, Avishya, Bhavishya, Havishya, Nanavishya, Parivishya, Pravishya, Rashibhavishya, Sampravishya, Tavishya, Upavishya, Yadbhavishya.
Full-text: Vishyandaka, Vishyandin, Upavishya, Nanavishya, Prakunca, Vishyandana, Pratinivishati, Vishyanda, Apratta, Parivish, Bhuktavin, Visha, Vish, Shudra.
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Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Rig Veda 10.91.2 < [Sukta 91]
Historical Elements in the Matsya Purana (by Chaitali Kadia)
Varṇa (3): The Vaiśyas < [Chapter 5 - Cultural history in the Matsya-Purāṇa]
Mahabharata (English) (by Kisari Mohan Ganguli)
Section CCLXX < [Mokshadharma Parva]
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